To demo or not to demo? When it comes to neighborhoods full of vacant and abandoned homes, that is not the right question. Nor is it the right answer. The best strategy to restore vitality and value is a combination…Read more ›

Turns out New York City’s community gardens grow more than just flowers and vegetables. After opening, these plots have shown a positive impact on surrounding property values, which grows steadily over time, especially in low income communities. As seeds begin…Read more ›

Vacant, foreclosed homes are a particularly illogical problem. The former owners who likely could have paid rent to stay in them have been kicked out. The banks that booted them make no money on all that empty space as it…Read more ›

On a rainy November day in 2011, representatives from the Cuyahoga Land Bank, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), US Senator Sherrod Brown’s Office, State Senator Nina Turner, Cleveland Mayor Frank G.…Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank has 12 properties for sale in our Advantage Plus Loan Program in Euclid! Launched in April of this year, the Advantage Plus Loan Program helps address the financial burden of home renovation by offering assistance to…Read more ›

Repurposing dilapidated properties takes creativity, and Lilah Zautner has plenty! As the former Director of Sustainability and Neighborhood Greening at Neighborhood Progress, Inc. (NPI), Zautner oversaw the ReImagining Cleveland program, an initiative for productive re-use of vacant land. Which is…Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank is featured on the Neighborhood Stabilization Resource Exchange site! In 2010, the Cuyahoga Land Bank was selected to administer $41 million in federal Neighborhood Stabilization funds (NSP2) for the Cleveland – Cuyahoga Consortium. The NSP2 grant…Read more ›

Cities have been tearing down crumbling, vacant houses for decades. The money for municipal demolition bills usually comes out of city budgets, but in Cleveland the housing crisis has started to change that equation, according to NPR. The Cuyahoga County…Read more ›

In a break from long-standing tradition, money that isn’t spent by the Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission to aid local veterans will not go back into the county’s general fund. Instead, Cuyahoga County Council voted Tuesday to disburse $733,306 left…Read more ›

Florida’s governor signed a much-discussed foreclosure bill Friday, enacting a series of provisions aimed at speeding up the default process in the state. While the legislation is considered a response to Florida’s untimely foreclosure timelines, it’s a big shift that…Read more ›

“When you see your neighbor going down, you have to think about yourself. And if you don’t go over there and put that fire out — help your neighbor put that fire out — then the fire is coming to…Read more ›

CMHA opens the doors to the new Lee Miles Senior Apartments at this ribbon cutting ceremony. The new senior housing complex offers 40 units of affordable housing. As the lead agency in the Cleveland Cuyahoga Consortium, the Cuyahoga Land Bank…Read more ›